About Ed Vaizey
Edward Henry Butler Vaizey, Baron Vaizey of Didcot, is a Conservative British politician, media columnist and political commentator who was Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries from 2010 to 2016. A member of the Conservative Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Wantage from 2005 to 2019, and was made a life peer in 2020. Vaizey first stood for Parliament at the 1997 general election, when he was the Conservative Party candidate for Bristol East. Vaizey won a two-thirds majority in the final ballot of members and was elected as MP in that election, receiving 22,394 votes. When first elected to the House of Commons, Vaizey became a member of the Standing Committee on the Consumer Credit Bill. Vaizey was the longest serving Minister of Culture since the post was created in 1964, serving a total of 2,255 days, exceeding the total set by the first incumbent, Jennie Lee, by 186 days.
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